Wheeled toy



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P. J. HINDMARSH.

WHEBLBD TOY.

No. 522,900. Patented July 10, 1894.

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P. J. HINDMARSH. WHBELBD TOY Patented July 10; 1894.

UNITE STATES PATENT Erica.

PERCY J. HINDMARSH, OF MARYSVILLE, KANSAS.

WHEELED TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,900, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed March 1 '7, 1 8 94.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, PERCY J. HINDMARSH, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Marysville, in the county of Marshall and Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inV WheeledToys; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for supporting a figureupon which a person can sit, the figure being mounted upon asupporting-frame so as to be actuated by the front wheel of said frame,the rear part of the frame having a handle or handles for turning thedevice.

The invention consists in mounting a figure upon a frame so that it mayhave an oscillating movementthereon, said figure being connected to acrank-shaft which carries the front wheel and the body of the samehavinga cylinder and piston so as to cause a sound upon the movement ofthe piston in imitation of the sound which emanates from the animal ofwhich the figure is a representation, the device being primarilyintended to be as a toy in initiating persons into organizations orgiving side degrees to persons who are already members of theorganization, and with this end in view the device is constructed tohave a comical appearance. y

In carrying out my invention I prefer to use the figure of a goat whichis mounted Aupon an arched frame by a hinge having three leaves so as togive a bucking motion to the ligure, the front portion of the igurebeing connected to the crank-axle of the front wheel by means of abifurcated spring bar so that as the device is rolled motion will beimparted to the gure by the rotation of the Wheel, or the motion of thetigure may be used to turn the front wheel and propel the device. Therear wheel is connectedl to a handle or handles and the body of thefigure contains a cylinder or receptacle having a pist-on so that thecontents of the cylindercan be ejected to make a sound as a brayorbleat. The tigserial No. 504,020. (No model.)

ure is also provided with a saddle with stirrups and straps forencircling l,the thighs of the rider to hold him more securely upon thefigure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view showing adevice constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a detail viewof amodification of the connecting hinges A designates an arched frame whichis bifurcated at its front end or otherwise constructed to providemembers a ct between which the front Wheel A is journaled and to therear end is secured an axle a upon the ends `of which supporting-wheelsA2 are journaled.` Brace-rods a2 extend from the rear axle to thefralneias shown. The ends of the front axle are formed into cranks a3 towhich are connected the members b ZJ of a bifurcated bar B, said barbeing connected to the figure C as hereinafter described. The members ofthe bar B straddle the front wheel and frame A.

C designates the figure which is preferably that of a goat, though it isobvious that the figure of any other animal might be substituted thesounding alarm being modified accordingly. The iigure is cut away on itsunder side in substantially the same segment of a circle as the upperpart of the arched-frame A, and is connected to the central part of theframe by a three-leaf hinge c, one of the end-plates being attached tothe igure while the other is attached to the frame. This form ofconnection I prefer as when the iigure is rocked it will give a buckingmotion to the same. The rear part of the figure, immediately above thearched-frame, is provided with a helical-spring or buier which may beinclosed in a suitable casing, the said buier being adapted to contactwith the arched supporting-frame in rear of the hinge or connection.

The figure is preferably covered with the hide of a goat and hasattached thereto a saddle E, preferably of enameled cloth, and over theback of the figure passes a strap to which the stirrups are connected,the saddle also having straps e for encircling the thighs of the personwho rides the goat to hold h'im securely seated. To the rear axle andarched frame IOO are connected suitable handles either for pushing thewheeled figure or for turning the same when it is propelled by therider.

The body of the figure is cut away to receive a cylinder F which has anoutlet opening. The cylinder F is provided with a piston f and rod ofsuch a length that it will pass through a slot g in the arched frame andwill be held against one sideof the slot by a spring g. The parts aretted so that when the figure is rocked there will be no movement of thepiston rod until .the same is drawn upon so that a notch formed in thesame will engage with the other side of the slot4 g. The piston-rod isoperated against the action of the spring g by means of a cord oriexible connection h, and when the notch is in engagement with the framethe downward movement of the figure will push the piston so as todischarge the air in the cylinder through the discharge opening, and thedischarge opening is provided with a reed or whistle ffor giving out asound in imitation of the braying of a goat.

If it is desired to provide a figure upon which it is difficult for therider to maintain his equilibrium one of the leaves of the hingeorfconnection c may be provided with a ball and the part to which it isconnected have a socket so that there will be a limited movement in theopposite direction from that given by the hinge. In View of the ligurebeing connected to the arched frame so as to be capable of movement inseveral directions the connecting-bar B is made of spring metal so thatit will give with the movement of the figure, and this bar is attachedto the figure by means of a screw-eye as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml l. In a wheeled toy acentral arched frame supported by the wheels, a figure mounted centrallyupon said arched frame, abifurcated spring bar connected to the crankaxle of the front wheel of the frame and to the forward part of thefigure, the gure carryinga cylinder with sounding mechanismY and apiston forward end and provided with an opening g supporting wheels Aand A2, the front supporting wheel having a crank axle, al iiguremounted on the arched frame and connected thereto by a hinge made up ofthree plates the end plates being attached to the figure and to thearched frame, a bifurcated bar connected to the crank axle and to thefigure,

`together with a spring buffer attached to the 1 dle, a cylinder locatedin the body portion of the ligure, an eduction tube connected with thecylinder and1 extending through the iig- `ure, a piston operating in thecylinder the piston-,rod of the piston being adapted to be placed inengagement with the supporti-ng frame so that the piston is actuated bythe movement of the :ligure to cause a sound, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a wheeled toy a figure mounted on a frame and providedwith asaddle, a cylinder contained within the figure and having an eductionopening leading through the body of the figure and provided with apiston and piston-rod, the piston-rod being adapted to engage with thesupporting frame for the fig- 3 ure, substantially as set forth.

5. In a wheeled toy the combination with a Ifigure mounted on a frame,of a cylinder with a piston and piston-rod, the rod passing Ithrough thesupporting-frame and provided with means for holding the same out ofcontact with the frame and with means for throwing it in contact withthe frame so that the piston will be actuated by the movement of thefigure on the frame, substantially as shown.

In testimony whe-reef I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERCY J. HINDMARSI-I. Witnesses:

SAM. FOSTER, C. M. STEWART.

